Overview

hoopla

Watch movies and binge on TV, listen to the newest music, and get caught up on your reading with eBooks, audiobooks, & comic books, all instantly and with no overdues.

Hoopla Digital Service Adjustments

Although it is free for members to use, Capital Area District Libraries pays a fee of up to $3.99 for every hoopla checkout. With CADL members checking out more than 19,000 hoopla items each month, costs add up quickly.

Earlier this year, we implemented a price cap on Hoopla content to manage expenses and maintain consistent and equitable access to a wide range of instantly available digital content in Hoopla. As a result, some content was no longer available.

Since then, our members have let us know they have a strong preference to have access to a wider variety of popular content, like high-demand audiobooks, even if it means fewer checkouts. Beginning December 2, we’ll be restoring access to some of the more expensive and desirable content. This means some of the most popular Hoopla content you have been missing will be back, but your check outs will be reduced from 12 to 8 per month.

Get Started With Hoopla

hoopla Tutorial

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Basics

  • hoopla music albums checkout for 7 days.
  • hoopla TV and movies checkout for 72 hours.
  • hoopla eBooks, audiobooks, and comic books checkout for 21 days.
  • You can checkout a total of 8 items from hoopla a month.
  • Checkout items instantly. No need to wait in a holds list.
  • No need to worry about returning checked out items on time; they will return themselves automatically at the end of the loan period.
  • You can stream or download hoopla items through the hoopla app on your smartphone or tablet (iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire). 
  • You can stream hoopla content on a computer in a web browser. Downloading is only available through the app on mobile devices. 
  • Hoopla is now available on several smart TVs. See hoopla's Help page for this and all device compatibility information.

Instructions

Getting Started

hoopla Sign-up Instructions

Additional Guides

How to update your card number in your hoopla account:

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